For Finlayson, working on music with Gord was just a way to stay connected, doing something they've always loved.Īt the time, Gord was working on a book, but that ultimately proved to be too isolating, especially for an artist who thrived on collaboration. For a while, the Hip members were living in Toronto, but as they slowly began to move away, Gord stayed and put down roots in the city, sparking up a lifelong bond with Finlayson. He collaborated with Josh Finlayson, the guitarist and co-founder for Toronto band the Skydiggers who is also described as Gord's "oldest Toronto friend." They first met in the early '90s, when the Skydiggers opened for the Hip at the Spectrum in Montreal. The songs featured on Away is Mine started as a way for Gord to stay busy. 'It was just a good way to spend time with Gord' " Introduce Yerself was more of a thank you," describes Patrick. It makes sense that the songs on Away is Mine were written during a period of down time, after the Hip's grand finale and his two solo projects. "Please be good to me/ Yea, save me from the useless nights," he pleads. "Come be surrounded/ by those who love you the most," Downie sings on "About Blank," while on "Useless Nights," he seems to be addressing a higher power. Introduce Yerself was more of a thank you. Both that album and Secret Path had a real sense of urgency to them, as if a clock was ticking, whereas the material on Away is Mine is much more relaxing and pensive, the sound of a man who is under no pressure and alone with his thoughts. Patrick describes the period following Gord's diagnosis as a bit tumultuous, with his brother instantly going into "writing mode" in order to complete Introduce Yerself. ![]() He left us a lot, including this drive to carry his legacy forward in the same way he would have." When he speaks of his brother, Patrick considers the weight of his words carefully, and will sometimes speak in the present tense. Just piles of poems and little things he's got at his disposal," says his brother Patrick Downie, Gord's caregiver through the last two years of his life. Now living in Ontario, her tile murals in front of the old post office downtown were reinstalled last year at the front of the new Royal Alberta Museum, bringing back to life one of the most majestic works of public art in the city."He's always got pieces of writing in various forms of completeness and they're always within arm's reach. Meanwhile, one of my favourite people, Austria-born impressionist Ernestine Tahedl, has a new show, Symphonic Timbre, down the street at Bugera Matheson Gallery, 10345 124 St. Themes in the artwork include freedom, beauty, heartache, depression and optimism.” The second layer is an aesthetic reaction to the first layer with more calculated thought. Rechner says he’s influenced by the way kids make art, always aiming “to create art in a similar uninhibited, confident, experimental way. ![]() Experimental blind painting and drawing techniques are explored when creating the first layer.” “It’s a collaboration between the subconscious and conscious minds. The painterliness of each layer compliments the other. I added a second layer to my paintings, shapes of solid, opaque, bright color sitting on top of the raw, instinctively made, automatiste first layer. ![]() Rechner notes, “This group of paintings reflects some interesting developments in my exploration of abstract art-making. The two painters have distinct styles, Wallace painting beautiful, realistic party photos, Rechner impressionistic, kinetic linework that manages to invent a new language every time. On the visual art side, the innovative Tim Rechner is having a show called The Second Layer, alongside Campbell Wallace’s The Third Face. *** Tim Rechner’s Psychic Sneeze is up at Scott Gallery. Hopefully see you there, show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets to help pay for gas are $10, pay at the door. Moving from what was to what will be, a couple notable shows coming up fast include a pan-provincial songwriter-in-the-round event tonight - Wednesday - at Empress Ale House, 9912 Whyte Ave, with Edmonton’s John Guliak, Calgary’s Carter Felker and Amy Nelson, and Victoria’s awesome David P. It was like watching a building collapsing and realizing there was hidden image of a tranquil valley catching the light through the spray of glass.ĭig around these recordings and you’ll be able to catch some of what I’m talking about here, and by no means miss him next time he comes through. As much as he summoned the heaviest of old-school industrial like Skinny Puppy and elder Nine Inch Nails, sequencer-wise, his droning voice was also magically melodic under the noise.
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